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Activity Sheet Episode 12: Intonation

This activity sheet provides exercises to practice intonation patterns in English utterances. Activity 1 has students practice the rhythm of 10 sentences by marking their stressed and unstressed syllables. Activity 2 has students match 10 utterances on the left with their correct intonation rhythm patterns on the right. The answers show which rhythm pattern corresponds with each utterance. The goal is to familiarize students with stress patterns and rhythms in English through interactive exercises.

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Activity Sheet Episode 12: Intonation

This activity sheet provides exercises to practice intonation patterns in English utterances. Activity 1 has students practice the rhythm of 10 sentences by marking their stressed and unstressed syllables. Activity 2 has students match 10 utterances on the left with their correct intonation rhythm patterns on the right. The answers show which rhythm pattern corresponds with each utterance. The goal is to familiarize students with stress patterns and rhythms in English through interactive exercises.

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ACTIVITY SHEET

EPISODE 12: INTONATION

ACTIVITY 1
Practise the rhythm patterns of these utterances.
1.

I started learning English three years ago.


I

2.

beat 1
'started

beat 2
'learning

beat 1
'match was

beat 1
'fer

beat 5
'air is

beat 6
'fresher.

beat 4
'each

beat 5
'other.

beat 2
'gree with

beat 3
'that.

The government should invest more money in education.


beat 1
'government should in

beat 2
'vest

beat 3
'more

beat 4
'money in edu

beat 5
'cation.

Hopefully, therell be a change in smoking habits.


beat 2
'change in

beat 3
'smoking

beat 4
'habits.

Ill probably go to Europe for my holidays.


beat 2
'probably

beat 3
'go to

beat 4
'Europe for my

beat 5
'holidays.

I believe a good teacher must enjoy teaching.


I be

10.

beat 4
'cause the

beat 3
'different from

beat 1
'sure I a

beat 1
Ill

9.

beat 3
'countryside be

beat 2
'quite

beat 1
'Hopefully therell be a

8.

beat 3
'citing.

Im not sure I agree with that.

The

7.

beat 2
'really ex

beat 2
'living in the

beat 1
'brothers are

Im not

6.

beat 6
'go.

My brothers are quite different from each other.


My

5.

beat 5
'years a

I prefer living in the countryside because the air is fresher.


I pre

4.

beat 4
'three

The match was really exciting.


The

3.

beat 3
'English

beat 1
'lieve a

beat 2
'good

beat 3
'teacher must en

beat 4
'joy

beat 5
'teaching.

People need to be more aware of their health.


beat 1
'People

beat 2
'need to be

beat 3
'more a

beat 4
'ware of their

beat 5
'health.

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ACTIVITY 2
Match the utterance on the left with the correct rhythm pattern on the right. The
example below shows how.

Example
I enjoy music.
I en
joy
di di
'DA

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

di di 'DA 'DAdi
'music
'DAdi

Listen to the music.


Shes a happy person.
Talk to him today.
Answer the phone.
Id like to describe my trip.
I enjoy tennis.
Hes my best friend.
Please respond.
Stand still.
Have a nice day.

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J

'DAdi di 'DA
'DA di 'DA 'DA
'DA 'DA
di di 'DA 'DA
'DAdi di di 'DAdi
di 'DA di di 'DA di 'DA
'DA di 'DA
'DA di 'DAdi 'DA
di di 'DA 'DAdi
di di 'DAdi 'DAdi

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ANSWERS ACTIVITY 2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Listen to the music.


Shes a happy person.
Talk to him today.
Answer the phone.
Id like to describe my trip.
I enjoy tennis.
Hes my best friend.
Please respond.
Stand still.
Have a nice day.

E
J
H
A
F
I
D
G
C
B

'DAdi di di 'DAdi
di di 'DAdi 'DAdi
'DA di 'DAdi 'DA
'DAdi di 'DA
di 'DA di di 'DA di 'DA
di di 'DA 'DAdi
di di 'DA 'DA
'DA di 'DA
'DA 'DA
'DA di 'DA 'DA

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